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MANUPAGTURE 0F BooTS AND SHOES.

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UNITED' STATES 'PATENT' OFFICE.

JOHN VARD JONES AND EDWARD KYN. BRIDGER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS TO THE JONES SYNDOATE, LIMITED, OF SAME PLACE.

MANUFACTURE OF`BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent NO. 456,379, dated July 21, 1891. Application tiled May l5, 1890. Serial No. 351,934. (No model.) Patented in England April 23, 1890, No. 6,218.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN WARD JoNns, engineer, ot' 1 Canonbury Terrace, London, England, and EDWARD KYNAs'roN BRIDGER, gentleman, of Temple Chambers, Falcon Court, Fleet Street, in the city ot' London, England, subjects ot the Queen of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots xo and Shoes, (for which we have made application foi-Letters Patent in Great Britain, dated April 23, 1890, No. G,218,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvementsin the manufacture of boots and shoes, and is designed as an improvement on the shoe patented to ns May 15, 1888, No. 382,985.

It consists of a special device or appliance, first, for embedding in the waist part for sezo curingtogetherthe outer sole and Waist when the former only or when both are made to slide on and oft, as hereinafter explained, and, secondly, for embedding in or under-the heel to secure same or the outer Wearing-piece thereon, so that they-t'. c., the heel or the outer Wearing-piece-may be readily removed and replaced at pleasure; and in order that our present invention may be easily understood and readily carried into practice We 3o Will proceed to fully describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a plan of the bottom of a boot or shoe having our improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vievsr similar to Fig. l, 3 5 the sliding sole and sliding metal Waist being removed. Fig. 3 isa cross-sectional View on line 3 3, Fig, 1, of the metal Waist alone. Fig. 4 is a cross'sectional view on line 2 2, Fig. 7. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view on line 3 3, 4o Fig. 1, showing the device or appliance for securing the sliding outer sole and metal Waist together embedded in its position in the Waist part. Figs. 6 are separate views in side elevation and plan, respectively, of the said device or appliance shown in Fig. 5 in its position. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 1, the outer sole only being removed. Fig. 8 is an inside view of the outer sole. Fig. 9 is a cross-section of Fig. 8 online 1 1. Fig. 10 5o shows similar device or appliance embedded in the heel of a boot or shoe, by means of which the ,outerWearing-piece of the heel can be attached by two screws and, when desired, can be readily removed and replaced by a new wearing-piece. Fig. 11 is a separate 55 View of the said device shown in Fig. 10 embedded in the heel.

c. is the outer sole or sliding forepart, Fi 8.

b is the metal waist.

c is a thin steel or other suitable sheet- 6o vmetal plate secured, by sewing, riveting, orv

otherwise, at c to the insole and the upper d.

e is the said special device or appliance, Fig. 6, formed of brass or other suitable material, and which is embedded crosswise in the Waist part of the boot, so as not to intertere With the action of Walking, (at about the position ot line 3, Fig. 1,) between the sock or lining of the boot or shoe and the metal plate c. The flat side of the device e is 7o mounted toward the inside of the boot, While the projections e e point toward the metal plate c, as shown in Fig. 5. Each projection e is tapped to receive a screw g, as hereinafter explained. 7 5

The metal Waist Z), havin-g the turned-in edges b', Fig. 3, is mounted in its position on the metal plate c, as shown in Fig. 7, during the construction of the boot-that is, itis slid on from the back before the heel is put on. 8o

The sliding fore part c has a metal rim a sewed or otherwise secured on the inside thereof, and this rim or projection engages and slides under the edge of the metal. plate c, so that the outer sole a is thus slid onto the boot or shoe until its ende2 passes under the metal Waist b, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1, and is there secured in position by means of the screws g g, which pass through holes b2 b2 in the metal waist b, then through 9o holes CL3 a3 in the outer sole or sliding fore part a, then through the holes c2 c2 in the metal plate c, and then screw in'to the internally-screW-threaded hole in each projection e', thus firmly securing the sliding outer sole 95 a and the metal Waist b to each other and to the body of the boot or shoe. Thus it Willbe seen that the outer sole can be readily removed When 'Worn and replaced by a new sliding outer sole, as desired; and We wish-it Ioo to be clearly understood Ithat it is the foregoing' means of securing a sliding outer sole or sliding fore part, such as a, or equivalent sliding,` fore part, onto a boot or shoe which constitutes the irst part of our present invention, and not the particular' construction or details of manufacturing a boot or shoe, as hereinbefore set forth, which details may be considerably varied without departing from the nature of our said invention so long.,r as the essential condition of a sliding; outer sole is retained.

A similar device to e, but havinn)` longer projections than e', maybe used for the heels of boots and shoes, as shown at Fig. l0, the device itself ex, Fig. 1l, being embedded at any suitable depth in the heel of the boot or shoe, and the outer heel-piece or wearingpiece is then secured in position by screws passing through same into the metal sockets in ex, tapped to receive such screws, and thus the outer wearing-pieee of the heel can be readily removed and reglaced7 as desired. The fastening` into this device eX in the heel may be otherwise than by screwing, if desired, as before described with reference to the device e i'or securing` the sole.

XVe would point out that the shape of the device e or eX may be considerably varied withoutdeparting` vfrom the nature of our present invention, provided it is arranged to act in the manner and for thev purposes set forth.

It will be obvious that the device @,embedded in the waist part, may be used with the heels and heel-pieces fastened as previously described or in any ordinary or suitable way.

Havingr now particularly described and ascerta-ined the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim isl. The combination, with a boot or shoe, of a metal piece embedded in the waist part of the shoe and provided with downwardly-proj ecting sockets having screw-threaded bores, a bottoni plate on the underside of the waist part of the shoe, a sliding1 sole, the rear part of which extends under said plate, and screws passed through apertures in said plate and 1u the sole and screwed into the sockets, substantially as set forth.

2. In a boot or shoe, the combination, with a sliding fore part or outer sole, of a metal piece having' bent edges secured to said sliding sole, a piece embedded in the waist part of said boot or shoe and provided with downwardl y -projecting sockets, screws. passed through said apertures in said plate and in the sliding, sole and screwed into the abovenientioned sockets, and a sheet-metal plate secured to the inner sole and upper, the edges of which plate engage the bent edges of the sliding sole, substantially yas set forth.

JOHN TARD JONES. ED\VI). KYN. BRlDGEl-.

Vitnesses:

ALFRED 'llxLBo'rig o' Norfllmnpoa Sfred, (')lr'l Ken/ Road, S. E.

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